I’ve made mention in the past about one of the many sub-genre of cards that I enjoy are what I call “nerd cards”. Obviously, these are cards that depict players who fit the stereotype of a nerd. Gawky. Big nerd glasses. Usually pretty skinny and un-athletic looking. I’m guessing my liking of them has to [...]
1970 Topps Story Booklets #19 Cleon Jones Todays Card of the Moment came to me a while back thanks to a trade with the always generous Chris from Project ’62. It is a Topps Story Booklet of Cleon Jones from 1970. These booklets were inserted into packs of 1970 Topps. They were actually the second [...]
1938 Gum, Inc. Horrors of War #29 Tokio Airman Attacks British Envoy I briefly mentioned this card a few weeks as it was part of what I ended up scoring on eBay after I sold that David Price Pie in the Face SP. Although I was really happy with all the cards that I was [...]
1962 Topps #206 Washington Senators Team Card As most folks who are familiar with this blog are aware of I have a certain affinity for team cards. I always seem to have a little difficulty expressing why that is however. Sometimes I think it might be the democracy of them. I mean, you have a [...]
1963 Topps #40 Vic Power Have I mentioned that 1963 Topps is one of my favorite sets ever. Actually I’m pretty sure I have mentioned that. Actually, just because it’s a slow day at work and I’m apparently kind of crazy I went back and looked and saw that I mentioned that 1963 Topps is [...]
1958 Topps #157 Dee Fondy Before I get into Dee Fondy, I just want to point out that I love the fact that this card lists the team as the “Cincinnati Redlegs” rather than just the “Cincinnati Reds”. On the local New York sports talk radio station, WFAN 660AM, theres a guy I like to [...]
1958 Topps #254 Alex Grammas More often than not when I’m writing up these little Card of the Moment posts, I like to track down some obscure, interesting piece of trivia about the player in question. Sometimes, it ends up being more about the player. Other times it’s strictly about the card itself. Sometimes the [...]
I haven’t done a Card of the Moment in quite a spell it seems. I guess all of my moments have been taken up by the on going Gint-A-Cuffs shenanigans. Well, we’ll fix that. I’ll just dip into that awesome pile of beat up vintage that sent my way via Chris from Project ’62. 1961 [...]
Well, I was unable to get my arse in gear last night to work up a post on the 2010 Topps Series 2 Blaster that my wife gave me for my birthday, and since I swore up and down to myself that I wasn’t going to rip into my Ginter box until I got all [...]
As I mentioned the other day, this past weekend was my birthday, and I was lucky enough to receive some card related gifts, which I plan on showing off here in the near future. In the meantime, I give you this. 1971 Topps #500 Jim Perry Imagine this: It’s 1946 in Williamston, NC. You’re 11 [...]
